Kitchen Porter

Thomas Franks; Street; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Workplace pension

Employee assistance programme

Volunteers leave

Job summary

Thomas Franks is recruiting a Kitchen Porter for our Somerset campus in Street. You will help keep the kitchen hygienic, safe and clean, supporting chefs and maintaining equipment across a 43-week contract that runs seven days a week for our boarding school operation.

The role requires good English skills, a team-focused mindset and the ability to work in a busy, residential catering environment with weekend activity. Free meals on duty and pension benefits exist.

Qualifications

• Experience of pot wash duties is an advantage.
• Good team player with ability to assist chefs.
• Ability to understand and use verbal English.

Responsibilities

• Maintain kitchen hygiene and safety to high standards.
• Clean and maintain kitchen equipment and heavy catering equipment.
• Operate industrial dishwasher and assist chefs with prep as needed.

Skills

Team player

English reading

Cleaning hygiene

Dishwasher operation

Tools

Dishwasher

Job description

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: £21,861.20
Hours: 43 weeks 40 hours per week

An independent co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 2 to 18 in Street, Somerset. Catering for around 1,300 students daily. We provide a core feeding offer of breakfast, lunch and supper, along with vibrant hospitality provision. This is a 43week contract and operates 7 days a week, with additional weekend residential activity for boarders. A key benefit to this location is the extensive campus setting and outstanding facilities in the heart of the Somerset countryside.

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Kitchen Porter to join our established & friendly team at our prestigious location in Somerset.

You'll be playing a big part in keeping the kitchen hygienic, safe, and up to our very high standards of cleanliness.

• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• Great team player
• Be able to help the Chefs with some food prep
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness at all times
• Clean and maintain all kitchen equipment
• Clean allocated pieces of heavy catering equipment using instructions and cleaning materials including air filter and extraction systems.
• Operate industrial dishwasher

We are looking for:

• Kitchen Porter experience is preferred, but not essential.
• Organisation Skills.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred
• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension. Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.